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41. blọ̄d n.(1)

297 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Blood; drauen blod, to draw blood; leten blod, sheden blod, spillen blod, shed blood; cause bloodshed, take life; as red as blod; (b) leten blod, to bleed (a person), phlebotomize; fig. to wound…

42. bodilī(che adv.

Additional spellings: bodiliche
36 quotations in 3 senses
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Of living beings: with respect to, or by means of, the body or the 'flesh' (as distinct from the spirit); physically; sen bodili, see with one's eyes; don sinne bodili, sin in the 'flesh'; helen

43. bọ̄k n.(1)

229 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) Any collection of sheets or leaves, bound or unbound, making up a volume of writings; a book as a material object; (b) bok bindere, one who binds books; bok haspe, a clasp for the covers of a…

44. borwehōd, -hēd n.

Additional spellings: borwehed
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law The giving of surety, suretyship; (b) theol. the act of redeeming, redemption.

45. braunch n.

64 quotations in 6 senses
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A branch or twig of a tree, vine, or other plant; a frond of a palm; also fig.; braunch of pes, the olive branch brought by the dove to Noah; braunch gaderer, one who prunes or gathers branches.

46. brēkinge ger.

83 quotations in 11 senses
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(a) The act or fact of the breaking, crushing, or tearing (of an object); also, a fragment, a tear (in cloth); (b) fracturing or fracture (of a bone or limb); (c) theol. Christ's breaking of bread.

47. brēthen v.(1)

33 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) To breathe; draw breath, take a breath; exhale, expel (breath); brethen out; (b) refl. or intr. of warriors: to catch one's breath, take time out, delay.

48. brēthinge ger.

19 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Respiration, breathing; exhalation; brethinge ese, breathing in comfort, respite; (b) inhaled or exhaled air, breath.

49. brīd-āle, brīdal n.

Additional spellings: bridale, bridal
42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Wedding feast; (b) brid-ale cloth, festive wedding dress; brid-ale hous, bridal chamber.

50. brīd(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: bride
34 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A young woman about to be married or just married, bride; also, a woman recently married, young wife; wife; (b) brid bed, nuptial couch, marriage bed; (c) brid clothes, festive wedding dress.

51. brīd-gǒme, -gọ̄me n.

Additional spellings: bridgome, bridgome
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A young man about to be married or recently married; bridegroom, husband; (b) theol. of Christ: spouse in mystical union with Christendom or with a saint.

52. brim-stōn n.

Additional spellings: brimston
34 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The mineral sulphur; (b) quik brim-ston, native or virgin sulphur; ded brim-ston, sulphur which has been rendered inert; poudre of brim-ston, flowers of sulphur; brim-ston water, water containing…

53. chaf n.

68 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The refuse of grain, i.e. the straw, the ears, and the husks; chopped straw used as fodder, bedding or stuffing, or in making bricks; (b) barli chaf, bene chaf, ote chaf, whete chaf, barley straw…

54. chaier(e n.

Additional spellings: chaiere
64 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A comfortable seat, such as a chair, armchair, couch, or lounge; long chaier; (b) a sedan chair or litter; (c) chaier of esement, a stool for relieving oneself; (d) chaier boue, ?the frame of a…

55. cherubin n.

36 quotations in 2 senses
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Theol. An angel of the second order (ranking below a seraph) in the hierarchy of nine orders; angel cherubin; also used allusively of the Evangelists for their wisdom. [Cherubs stand beside God's…

56. chẹ̄sen v.

327 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) To select or choose (sth. or sb.) as suitable or agreeable; chesen out; chesen the best, make the best (of sth.); chesen at wille, choose freely; to dethe icoren, destined to die; (b) to choose or…

57. chīld n.

360 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) A young child, a baby; child infaunte, litel (smal, yong) child, ; beren child, to give birth; (b) an unborn child, a fetus; unborne child; (c) ben (mid) with child, gon with child, to be…

58. chōsling n.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Theol. One of the elect.

59. circumcisiǒun n.

22 quotations in 4 senses
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A religious rite of Jews and Mohammedans: removal of the foreskin, circumcision [corresp. in significance to baptism among Christians]; holden, kepen circumcisioun, observe the rite of circumcision…

60. circumincessiǒun n.

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Theol. a term describing the mutuality within the Trinity (literally 'going around').